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to second rico's link, jennie lakes was awesome. highly recommended. its a 30+ mile loop, pretty doable, beautiful, and quiet. i've always liked playing with dayhikes off of 180/roads end as well.

dinkey lakes is also supposed to be way cool, even though i have no experience in that area.

Mcpherson, you nailed it. Every lake is soooo different. Great call.

Wife and I headed up to Mammoth for an overnight trip Tuesday to Wednesday. We took the River Trail from Agnew Meadows out to Shadow Lake, then jumped on the JMT to Garnet for the night. From there were took a class 2 chute/connector back down to the River trail and out. This may have been my favori...

awesome! dawson saddle is my fave part of the angeles.

thanks, zach. i'll have to pull some beta on that one.

Jeff, have you been out that way from Road's End? Would it be nicer to do a section of it from the west or east?

thanks matt. that one was definitely been on the list for awhile. i hear dusy is insanely cool.

wife and i are doing a trip up to the sierras in a couple weeks. we have 5-6 days to backpack and she likes "easy" trips. so, sgmf crew - what is the most beautiful spot in the sierras? we've enjoyed the high country around cottonwood lakes, yosemite, jennie lakes, bishop pass, and the min...

absolutely beautiful, cm. we're going up to red's/postpile in a few weeks. im so much more excited now.

thanks for posting!

this is something i've done a lot of research into. there are factors that can contribute (physique, experience at altitude, heredity, speed of ascent, diet) but some people are just more prone to it than others. i know ultra marathoners who have gone up to elevation for the first time and had sever...

thats good stuff. its amazing how fast the snow is melting, there was hardly any up that way yesterday.

how was agazsizzisizizz?

I saw one two years ago just past the saddle on the way to Cucamonga. He was curled up on the trail but not aggressive at all. It was actually kind of weird. My guess was the temps were so cold that he was lethargic. Either way, don't let snakes keep you from hiking. Give them a few feet of space an...

Myself, wife, and two of our friends did an overnighter at Long Lake west of Bishop. The landscape was absolutely incredible and it was a nice reprieve from one of the hottest days of 2013. https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/summitascents.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_0517.jpg This hike is an ...

well done! i've contemplated this trip several times; glad to see it went well for yall!

It could also be a grouse, a big chicken type bird. My wife and I were up at Cottonwood Pass a month ago and kept hearing 2-3 thumps that were subtle but noticeable. We asked a ranger what it was and he said that grouse mating calls sound like that; they're percussive in nature and don't really have...

One thing we noticed was that our water level fluctuated drastically near Reyes. Throughout the first day, it went down from maybe6 inches at its deepest to 3." Pot farm?

Hey palmeredhackle!
There were 17 of us... definitely a big group! Some of the group dayhiked into beartrap on the 12th (Wed) afternoon. Did you see them when they hiked into b/t? I'm guessing we just missed each other.
How was BT?

awesome tr, rico. i love waterman. its an easy, overlooked, and just downright beautiful area. thanks for the reminder.

Hey Phil - There is a Reyes Peak that is quite a bit further down the trail. I've never been up to it and I think most people usually visit it via a drive up Pine Mountain Road. However, that road is closed right now. It's supposed to be a good view at the top of Reyes with a bunch of fun bouldering...

Thanks guys! Rico - there was also water at Bear Trap for what its worth.

Some friends and I hit Upper Reyes from Lockwood Valley for the last 2 nights. Conditions were great - a little buggy and hot as heck, but plenty of water for filtering/drinking. If you haven't ever done Upper Reyes and are looking for a good place of seclusion that isn't too far from LA (2 hrs driv...

I know it's not always easy to do, but I almost always spend one night at the backpackers camp at horseshoe before going over any of the passes in that area. The one time I didn't was the one time I had a mild case of AMS. Did you have a chance to acclimate overnight before you hiked up? nope, we d...

thx duke!

well done, loving the pics. cool look at BP.

I second HU. I wanna some see proof of this climb.

Taco (or anyone else) - have you used diamox for this? I just got a prescription and I'm hoping to get out again soon in order to test this stuff out.

Nah, I've had it up on Whitney and towards the top of San G before, but never to this extent. I've gotten dizzy and headaches in the past, but this time I was also coughing blood, having trouble standing, and seeing hallucinations (not the cool ones either :-) ). Does this sound like what you had at...

thanks everyone. i appreciate knowing that people way more hardcore than i have had to deal with this frustration in the past.

Thanks Phil. I appreciate knowing that someone else has gone through something similar in the past.